There seems to be a current trend at UCLA ““ student groups bringing speakers to campus in order to perpetuate their own beliefs while condemning those of others.
Author Archives: Ramsey Ugarte
_Carbonated Tax: Why health education, not taxation, is the solution to excess consumption of sugary soft drinks_
When I moved to Los Angeles from South Carolina last June, I was surprised by the ubiquitous presence of gyms and produce markets.
_USAC events should be collaborative and include all offices_
It’s election time at UCLA, and students are quickly reverting back from being officers of student government to being representatives of their opposing slates.
UCLA Health System to make reforms as a result of the federal health care bill
Health care reform is happening within the UCLA Health System, but it is not necessarily President Barack Obama’s bill driving the reform, administrators say.
In a presentation to the UC Board of Regents on March 17, John Stobo, the UC senior vice president for health sciences and services, emphasized that the UC must address spiraling health care costs regardless of the fate of the bill, which has been threatened with repeal by Republicans.
“My feeling is that (the bill) is not going to be the major driver (of UC hospital reform),” Stobo said in an interview this week.
Survey trends show an increase in college graduates working in public service
Increasingly scarce jobs in the private sector have led a new generation of college students to look to nonprofit organizations and public service jobs for post-graduation employment.
According to the New York Times’ analysis of the American Community Survey from the United States Census Bureau, the number of college graduates working for the federal government increased 16 percent from 2008 to 2009, and 11 percent for nonprofit organizations.
UCLA does not offer specific numbers for graduates heading to the public sector, but surveys by the College of Letters and Science reflect unsteadiness in the job market.
New clean energy standards could raise utility costs for California and UCLA
UCLA utility costs are expected to increase in the short term as California moves toward more aggressive standards for renewable energy.
Environmental justice groups sue for cap and trade alternatives
A final decision regarding a law on California greenhouse gas emission reduction will likely come in the next few weeks.
The Cailfornia Global Warming Solutions Act, also known as Assembly Bill 32, aims to reduce carbon emmisions to 1990 levels by 2020.